Cigar-bunching machine



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E. A. KI-TZM'ILLER.

- CIGAR BUNGHINGMAOHINE'.

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CIGAR BUNOHING MAGHINE. No. 367,916. I Patented Aug. 9, 1887.

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EDWARD A. KITZMILLER, OF BRADDOOK, PENNSYLVANIA.

ACIGAR-BYUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,916, dated August9, 188

Application filed September 1, 1886. Serial No. 212,353. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. KrrzMIL- LER, residing in Braddocktownship, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, acitizen of the United States, have invented or discovered certain newand useful 7 Improvements in Cigar-Bunching Machines,

of which improvements the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification,Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section ofmyimproved cigar-bunching machine. Fig.

2 is a sectional elevation of the feed-hopper.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the tension device. Fig. 4 is a top planview of my improved machine, the hopper being removed.

I-Ieretofore in what might be termed hand cigar-bunching machines, asdistinguished from power-machines, the filler-feeding mechanism has beenoperated by one hand of the operator and the bunching andbinder'applying mechanism by a treadle. As it is frequently necessaryfor the operator to use both hands to properly adjust thebinder, theoperation of such a machine is necessarily slow and laborious.

The object of theinvention herein is to provide for the operation of thefiller-feeding mechanism by or from the bnnching and binding mechanism;and it is a further object of said invention to provide a sufficientslack in the "wrappingapron for the formation of a comparatively largepocket or loop for the re ception of the filler, and'to take up suchslack during the wrapping operation, so as to form a firm andclosely'oompacted bunch.

To these ends the invention consists, in general terms, in theconstruction and combination of parts, substantially as hereinafter dcscribed and claimed.

Upon the table A are formed suitable ways or guides for the frame orcarriage 1, between the sides of which is journaled the bunchingroller2. To the under edges of the frame 1 are attached the racks 3,intermeshing with the toothed wheels 4, mounted on the shaft 5, saidshaft being journaled in the legs or supports of the bed A. The toothedwheels are reciprocated back and forth by a treadle (not shown)connected by a rod, 7, to either one of the arms of the wheels 4:, or acrank formed in the shaft 5.

The feed-hopper 8 is supported a suitable distance above the table bybrackets 9,secured to the table at or near its rear end. In the lowerend ofthc hopper is mounted a cylinder, 10, provided with a groove orrecess, 11, constructed to effect the proportional feed anddistribution-of the tobacco from the hopper to the loop in the wrappingapron,all as fully described and shown in an application filed by meNovember 12,1885,Serial No. 182,517. To one one of the brackets 9, andthe pinion 17 engages in turn the rack 18, attached to the upper edge ofoneside ofthe frame 1. Two sides of the hopper are made to bear againstthe cylinder 10 for a portion of'its periphery,to prevent the escape oftobacco, and at the lower end of the hopper is formed an opening for thedischarge of the filler.

On the table Ais attached the wrappingbed 20, said bed extending from apoint a little in front of the discharge-opening of the hopper to thefront end of the table, and from a roller, 21, mounted in suitablebearings at the front endof the bed,a wrapping-apron,22, passes backover the top of the bed and in front of the bunching-roll, to a roller,23., to which it is secured. The roller 23 is mounted in the ends oflevers 24-, said levers being pivoted on ashaft, 25, secured at its endsin the brackets 9, and being provided at their outer ends with weights26,adj nstable back and forth,

as required. To the inner ends of thelevers 24: are secured arms 27,curving down to a level with the under side of the shaft of the roller2, then extending forward horizontally, as shown at a, under said shaftat the ends of the roller to a point a little beyond the rear end ofthe,

bed, then bending downward with a comparatively abrupt curve, as at I),and then extending horizontally forward, as at c, to the front end ofthe bed 20.

The operation of my improved machine is as follows: The parts of themachine being in the position shown in Fig. 1, the groove in thecylinder 10 having dischargedits contents into the loop in the apron 22,the treadlc is depressed, thereby revolving the wheels 4.,which engageand move the frame 1 forward, carrying with it the roller 2. As theroller 2 passes forward onto the bed 20, it closes the loop in theapron, and advancing across the bed causes the apron to roll the fillerinto a firm and comparatively-compact mass, and simultaneously wraps thebinder around the bunch. \Vhile the roller 2 is moving from its rearwardposition to the bed, the ends of the shaft supporting the roll 2 bearupon the straight portion a. of the arms 27 and hold the inner ends ofthe levers 2t and the roll 23 carried thereby stationary; but just asthe roll 2 reaches the rear end of the bed 20, and closes the loop inthe'apron, the shaft of the roll 2 reaches the downwardly-bentportions 1) of the arms 27, which are then free to move up under theaction of the weights on the outer ends of the levers 21-. This upwardmovement of the inner ends of the levers and the roller 23, to which theapron is attached, will draw said apron tight and hold the same under atension throughout the bunching and binding action of the apron and roll2. As the frame 1. is moved forward, as above stated, motion is impartedto the cylinder 10 through the medium of the system of gearing abovedescribed, or any other suitable system of gearing, turning saidcylinder until the groove or recess therein is uppermost, so as toreceive a charge of the tobacco in the hop per; and when the motion ofthe frame 1 is reversed, to return the same to the position shown inFig. 1, the cylinder is rotated back, so as to bring the groove orrecess thereininto a position to discharge its contents into the loop inthe apron, the gearing being so proportioned as to bring the groove tothis position just as the roll 2 reaches the rearward limit of itsmovement, as shown in Fig. 1. During the rotation of the cylinder 10 abrush or rubber, 28, on the shaft 16 is also rotated in a directionopposite to that of the cylinder, said brush or rubber serving toprevent any of the filler from entering in between the cylinder and theside of the hopper adjacent thereof loosening the tobacco in the hopperand facilitating its feed into the recess or groove in the cylinder 10.

I claim herein as my invention 1. In a cigar-bunching machine, thecombination of a reciprocating frame provided with a rack, a stationaryframe having a fillerfeeding mechanism, gearing mounted on thestationary frame and interposed between the rack on the reciprocatingframe and ii ller-feeding mechanism, a bunching-roller mounted in thereciprocating frame, and a wrappin g-apron substantially as set forth.

2. I11 a eigar-bunching machine, the eonr bination of thewrapping-apron, a movable support connected to one end of thewrappingapron, a reciprocating bunching-roll, and an arm attached to themovable support and operated to change the position of said support bythe bunching-roll during its to-and-fro movement, substantially as setforth.

3. In a cigarbunching machine, the combination of the wrapping-apron,thebunchingrollcr, weighted levers connected. to one end of said apron, andarms, shaped as described, connected to the lovers and engaging the bunching-roller, substantially as set forth.

4. In a eigar-bunching machine, the combination of ahopper, a cylinderhaving a feedpocket formed therein and mounted in the discharge end ofthe hopper, a rotating brush or rubber mounted in the angle formed bythe cylinder and the side of the hopper toward which the cylinderrotates in feeding, and a bunching andbi ndiug mechanism consisting of atable, a roller, and an apron, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDIVARD A. KITZMILLER.

Witnesses:

DARWIN S. \VoLoo'r'r, R. H. Wnrr'rLEsnr.

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